Leslie Dysart, the CEO of the Community Association of South Indian Lake (CASIL), has been a vocal critic of Manitoba Hydro’s operations and their impact on the environment and the South Indian Lake community. In a series of testimonies and public statements, Dysart has highlighted the challenges faced by the community and the broader environmental...Continue Reading

by Emily Hayes on Sep 9, 2021  for RTO Insider “A critic of hydropower says politicians often make “vacuous statements about a particular energy source being clean, but that is not the case.” The Nation Anishnabe of Lac Simon in Quebec, seen here, says that hydropower dams and associated infrastructure have robbed the Anishnabe people...Continue Reading

The gallery exhibition offers a multi disciplinary perspective of the effects of hydropower in northern Manitoba. Through personal stories, portrait, and paintings we are offered a small window into the deep and personal impacts hydro development has had on culture, families, infrastructure, the economy, and the environment. The exhibit will be on display until January...Continue Reading

Manitoba Hydro fundamentally alters the five largest rivers in the province and six of the 12 largest lakes. It does so according to values and oversight mechanisms from the past. That is bound to change. The question is, how soon? Hydro has had its way with Manitoba’s water for 50 years. The extensive, ongoing damage...Continue Reading

“The report presents a substantial and thoughtful approach to the regulation of one of our most important water bodies, Lake Winnipeg,” Minister Nevakshonoff said.  “Thank you to members of the commission and all those who took part in the public hearings.  I commend your commitment to ensuring Manitoba is a sustainable province today and for...Continue Reading